The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a Kannywood star, Samha Inuwa, over alleged naira mutilation.
Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity at the EFCC, said in a statement that Inuwa was arrested following a viral video circulated on social media platforms in which she was seen conspicuously cleaning mucus from her nose with naira notes.
Following the circulation of the video, the commission swung into action, traced the suspect and subsequently arrested her for questioning.
She is currently being held at the commission’s detention facility while investigations are ongoing. The suspect will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.
In July 2025, the EFCC held a sensitisation programme with critical stakeholders, including movie producers, musicians, non-governmental organisations, media practitioners, bureau de change operators, legal practitioners and security agencies, in Lagos.
The Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, said the programme was organised in response to the increasing spate of naira mutilation and abuse in the country. He charged stakeholders to join hands with the commission in tackling the menace of naira abuse nationwide.
Meanwhile, Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed April 30, 2026, for ruling on an application filed by the EFCC for the final forfeiture of a property owned by the former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, defence counsel, N.I. Quakers, SAN, informed the court of an application seeking to set aside the interim forfeiture order granted on January 27, 2025, as well as a notice of preliminary objection dated August 15, 2025, challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
He urged the court to discountenance the prosecution’s final forfeiture application, arguing that the property in question is also the subject of a criminal trial in another court, and prayed the court to set aside the EFCC’s application.
In response, prosecution counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, referred to a motion dated May 6, 2024, seeking a final forfeiture order, and argued that the property was reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of crime.
